The Pechora River is the only European River of larger dimensions that is still largely untouched by human influences. Virtually all European salmonid fish (12 species) can still be found in this river. The delta is an important breeding area and stopover site for migratory birds, wintering in Western Europe and Africa. For example, 50% of the flyway population of Bewick's Swans breed in the Pechora delta as well as significant proportions of duck, goose and wader bird populations.
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Yugyd Va (Komi Ural) National Park, forest ranger hut, Komi Republic, RussiaThe Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometers in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental ...

By Peter Prokosch

Forest road outside Yugyd Va (Komi Ural) National Park, Komi Republic, RussiaThe Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometers in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental ...

By Peter Prokosch

Pechora Delta, Nenets Autonomous Region, RussiaThe Pechora River is the only European River of larger dimensions that is still largely untouched by human influences. Virtually all European salmonid fish (12 species) can still be found in this river. The delta is an ...

By Peter Prokosch

Yugyd Va (Komi Ural) National Park, Komi Republic, RussiaThe Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometers in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental ...

By Peter Prokosch

Nenets village in the Pechora Delta, Nenets Autonomous Region, RussiaThe Nenets, also known as Samoyeds, are an indigenous people in northern arctic Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tundra landscape aside the Pechora River, Nenets Autonomous Region, RussiaThe Pechora River is the only European River of larger dimensions that is still largely untouched by human influences. Virtually all European salmonid fish (12 species) can still be found in this river. The delta is an ...

By Peter Prokosch

Pechora Delta, Nenets Autonomous Region, RussiaThe Pechora River is the only European River of larger dimensions that is still largely untouched by human influences. Virtually all European salmonid fish (12 species) can still be found in this river. The delta is an ...